Try As I Might, Never Have I Ever Caught A Bass On A ___ .

[roadwarrior]

29 minutes ago, Catt said:

Full size Brush Hogs ?

When my brother and I fished Toledo Bend two years ago, most of our fish were caught

on a Rage Hawg, Carolina rigged. A distant second was a Robo Worm in a drop shot rig.

Go figure.

[TcRoc]

The list is long and shameful . So I graciously just ask for all your forgiveness in lieu of making u read a list of my disgrace. 

[Big Hands]

3 minutes ago, king fisher said:

Texas rigged worm.  I have caught bass on worms, weightless(Texas rigged without a sinker) wacky, Carolina, split shot, and on a jig or shaky head.  I have caught bass on creature baits and craws Texas rigged, but never on a regular Texas rigged worm.  I know I just admitted to the ultimate crime in bass fishing.  Please don't send the bass police to come take my crankbaits, and spinnerbaits away.  I promise to catch a T rigged bass before the end of the year.

LOL, this is meant to be more like a virtual confessional. No judgment.

 

Another one I would not have guessed. I would think monster 10" and 12" texas rigged worms would be killer in your neck of the woods.

[keagbassr]

As for a bait I've given a few shots and never caught one that would be a lizard.  Also, While not a total fail bait i did catch my 1st fish on a lipless crank in about a dozen years a couple weeks ago.

[Hook2Jaw]

Buzzbait.

 

Jigging spoon.

[Michigander]

55 minutes ago, Catt said:

Full size Brush Hogs ?

My very first actual pitch was with one and I caught a bass. Nothing since then and they have been abandoned for better producing baits.

[Michigander]

1 minute ago, Hook2Jaw said:

Buzzbait

Night fishing is the only time I can get bit on these, and even that's rare.

[king fisher]

9 minutes ago, Big Hands said:

Another one I would not have guessed. I would think monster 10" and 12" texas rigged worms would be killer in your neck of the woods.

I'm sure they would in the hands of a skilled worm fisherman.  Believe me I have tried the big T rigged worms.  I have a dozen packs of giant worms, with lead, and tungsten bullet weights, in all sizes.  One day last summer I spent all morning fishing 12 inch T rigged worms crawled through large tree branches in 25 feet of water.  When the afternoon wind picked up I put a spinnerbait on and fished the same trees.  I instantly landed a bass over 10 pounds.  I tried fishing them in some flooded grass.  Then tied on a buzz bait and landed an 8 pounder.  I haven't given up.  

[slonezp]

Any Live Target bait.

[Big Hands]

5 minutes ago, king fisher said:

I'm sure they would in the hands of a skilled worm fisherman.  Believe me I have tried the big T rigged worms.  I have a dozen packs of giant worms, with lead, and tungsten bullet weights, in all sizes.  One day last summer I spent all morning fishing 12 inch T rigged worms crawled through large tree branches in 25 feet of water.  When the afternoon wind picked up I put a spinnerbait on and fished the same trees.  I instantly landed a bass over 10 pounds.  I tried fishing them in some flooded grass.  Then tied on a buzz bait and landed an 8 pounder.  I haven't given up.  

Have you tried those monster worms at night?  That's my favorite time to throw them. I have a separate bag just for plastic night fishing baits, and I usually don't fish those baits in the daytime.

5 minutes ago, slonezp said:

Any Live Target bait.

LOL, ouch.

[JK Jake]

Football jig

I’ve caught a few off of a flipping/casting jig, but never off of a football. I will definitely be working on that this winter. 
 

Hard Plastic jerkbait

Most of the lakes I fish are dirty and full of submerged timber I can’t see so I haven’t thrown one of these much at all.

[Daniel Abram]

Alabama rig!!!

[Choporoz]

On 12/14/2020 at 4:40 PM, Catt said:

Full size Brush Hogs ?

That was first thing came to my mind, too.  Not sure I can claim to have given them a truly fair go, but I have thrown them more than a few times. 

On 12/14/2020 at 5:38 PM, slonezp said:

Any Live Target bait.

I was front of the line to ridicule them for years.  Somehow I came into a Livetarget Smelt jerkbait.  And now I have to admit, those things will outfish Pointers and Visions many days.

 I busted my buzzbait cherry this year, but I have yet to catch anything on any sort of wake bait.

[DitchPanda]

Drop shot...planning on trying more next year but my limited experience with it has not been possible.

 

To the guys that haven't caught a bass on a senko....are you only fishing them after a fish kill? If there's a bass in the lake it will happen

[Backroad Angler]

A frog

[LCG]

A hallow body or hollow body popping frog is the vain of existence. Not even a blow up. Close to giving up. 

[Sphynx]

Brush hogs give me no end of trouble, I don't know if it counts, but I get bit on them, fairly regularly, but d**n if I have ever managed to hook up on one, no idea why I have so much trouble with them, but I invariably end up late, or yanking the thing out of a fishes mouth, or mistaking a snag for a bite and breaking off, I spent probably 15+ hours of on water time last year trying to break the curse, but the curse is still winning.

[Columbia Craw]

A Poes cedar Crankbait.  

[Big Hands]

21 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

To the guys that haven't caught a bass on a senko....are you only fishing them after a fish kill? If there's a bass in the lake it will happen

Nope, no fish kill here. Pretty sure that I see the problem every morning when I look into the mirror.

Just now, Columbia Craw said:

A Poes cedar Crankbait.  

Ouch, no kidding? I caught my PB of 12 lbs 13 oz. on a Poes cedar plug, in December no less, on a model 400 IIRC. Very unusual circumstances TBH though. Massive bass rolling/boiling all around us. Never seen anything like it before, or since.

 

Lucky for you, they are not nearly as popular as they once were.

[scaleface]

11 minutes ago, Columbia Craw said:

A Poes cedar Crankbait.  

Same here .

[billmac]

Squarebills.  Bladed jigs. Frog.  I don't think I've got bass on a skirted jig.

 

It's interesting so many people are saying they've never caught bass on a beetle spin.  One of the reasons I haven't got fish on the lures mentioned above is because I have to force myself not to use a beetle spin (actually with a curly tail instead of split tail).

[Munkin]

2 hours ago, Mobasser said:

Chatterbait. Everyone and their dogs catch all kinds of fish on them, but they just don't work for me.

 

Same for me but I did hook one this year but it broke me off. The jigging spoon I didn't even know what it was until someone posted a pic.

 

Allen

[MassYak85]

I'm actually really bad about trying EVERYTHING rather than honing my most productive techniques. So the only ones I can think of are the Neko rig and large flutter spoons.

[Big Hands]

5 minutes ago, MassYak85 said:

I'm actually really bad about trying EVERYTHING rather than honing my most productive techniques. So the only ones I can think of are the Neko rig and large flutter spoons.

Sounds like it addresses the context perfectly. ?

[Bluebasser86]

A flutter spoon.

 

I've caught white bass on them, but I can't get anything else to eat them.